Is anybody else avoiding doctor visits right now?

Get him to fill your prescriptions by phone. Don’t go in if you don’t absolutely have to!

Skipping this years physical.


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If you have a regular medication they will probably just refill it

My friend had an appointment and they did it over his phone by telemedicine - you had to download the app to a phone and dial in at the appointment time - they put him in a “virtual waiting room” until the doctor came on - refilled his blood pressure meds and asked about his health

PS Magnesium is a good supplement that works for anxiety

I avoid doctors ALL the time

This exactly why this cov hoax is created: it is to avoid people from traveling to "save the planet" through less CO2 gasses in the air.

They want EVERYTHING online.
It's been planned for decades.

LOL I think the last time I went to a doctor was maybe 15 years ago..

I may go when I get closer to 50..

why would anyone avoid the doctor? seems odd

I tried so hard to stay away. But my freaking dumbass gave myself a double hernia because I decided to go super heavy on deadlifts. I'm so stupid. I had to go in and now scheduled surgery for this Friday. I had to take a damn Covid-19 test. I brought my own damn sterile collection swabs. The nurses didnt quite know what to make of me. But they quickly warmed up to me and they started telling me all the weirdness surrounding this....this, whatever 'this' is. But overall moral of the story during a pandemic or whatever DO NOT be doing wreckless things like lifting super heavy or any other risky behaviour if you really want to stay away from hospitals now. But then again on the flip side you could be as careful as possible and a huge branch could break off and nail you in the head. This happened to my very careful isolated neighbor and he had be rushed to the hospital. I guess my little area where I live has some bad luck.

Yes, but it’s because ACA made going to the doctor very expensive. $140 just to visit the office.

So, your doc won't be using the whole arm this year?

yes. I am. The trade off though is there may be a short window of time before a 2nd wave comes.

The person that posted why would you avoid the doctor is purposely being flippant.

You would hope that a doctors office has people educated enough to do what they can to ensure the environment is as sterile as can be. They will be wearing N95 respirator masks or better.

Having said that, hospitals are rampant environments of infection. A doctor at Yale University Hospital almost killed my father by transmitting an infection to him.

So it should hopefully be safer to go visit a doctor than going to the grocery store where people don't give a crap.

Have for years.

She’s going to be so disappointed. My biggest Phan.


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No, I have 3 appointments scheduled for June. Would've gone sooner, but they weren't taking appointments until last week

I had to go to the ER last week, and I avoided it for 20 hours while having a bowel obstruction.

The nurse came at me with a swab to go up my nose, and I said no way. He said I wouldn't be admitted into the hospital, and I'd be put out otherwise.

I stood my ground, in extreme pain and vomiting mind you, until another nurse came in and said I could have a throat swab done. The test was back in an hour. No COVID.

Lol, my ER nurse was standing beside him, flashing me a syringe of morphine in her hand, harhar, trying to get me to take the test. I wanted it badly, but there was no way they were jamming that thing up my nose.

When ya got to go because your life is threatened, you've got to go....I mean, at one point my BP dropped low and I stopped breathing. Sometimes you need medical care....and outside of the little tuft about the test, my stay was as much of a joy as it could be.

I did have fun with the staff.....

Agreed 100%
Stay away as long as you have your health

I haven't been to a doctor since 2003.

In November 2018, I met my doctor at a local bar. He didn't remember my name. ;)

No more than usual, just started the first of my annual physicals last year and will go again in October. Wife goes in every three weeks or so. In April the hospital was soo serious. Now they are pretty cavalier.